#EDE556#EDE556

#EDE556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.160 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE556
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -14.04, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 69.57, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0445 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.16 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6264, 74.7172, 19.8199)
Luminance	0.7471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE556 #565EED

analogous

#ED9956 #EDE556 #A9ED56

triadic

#EDE556 #56EDE5 #E556ED

tetradic

#EDE556 #56ED99 #565EED #ED56A9

square

#EDE556 #56ED99 #565EED #ED56A9

split-complementary

#EDE556 #56A9ED #9956ED

monochromatic

#B5AD13 #E7DC1F #EDE556 #F3EE8D #F9F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#EDE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE556

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE556	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.160 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8c',
    500: '#ede556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede556;
$custom-light: #f6ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90258,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE556

secondary

#3239B5

accent

#14DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE556

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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